East & Central Africa · 7 Countries · 118,598 Divisions

Every border.
One API.

Mipaka gives you normalized, developer-ready access to counties, regions, districts, wards and villages — plus historical place names from pre-colonial kingdoms to independence.

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118,598 divisions 48 historical eras 124 historical names Free & Open Source

Browse · Countries

Built for the region.

Click a country to explore its full administrative hierarchy — from regions down to the smallest village.

Live API Explorer

Explore any division.
See the JSON live.

Pick a country, then drill down level by level.

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Navigate Hierarchy

Select a country above to start exploring

API Response

GET

https://api.mipaka.dev/api/v1/countries/

// Select a country to see live API responses // Every click hits the real endpoint

Historical Names

Every place, every era.

A birth certificate from 1923 says "Léopoldville". A land record from 1890 says "Kasozi k'Empala". Mipaka resolves them both — to their modern equivalents, with full historical context.

Query by year, era type, language, or name type. Pre-colonial indigenous names, colonial designations, and post-independence renames — all in one API.

                GET
                /api/v1/divisions/?name=Léopoldville
              

                GET
                /api/v1/divisions/?year=1923&country=CD
              

                GET
                /api/v1/names/?name_type=indigenous&country=UG
              

Kampala · Uganda

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Reference

Clean, predictable endpoints.

GET

/api/v1/countries/

All countries with division level labels and eras

GET

/api/v1/countries/{code}/top/

Top-level divisions (counties, regions…)

GET

/api/v1/countries/{code}/eras/

Historical eras for a country, chronologically

GET

/api/v1/divisions/

List divisions — filter by country, level, parent, q

GET

/api/v1/divisions/{id}/

Detail with full ancestry + children

GET

/api/v1/divisions/{id}/names/

All historical names across eras

GET

/api/v1/divisions/?year=1923

Divisions as they were named in a given year

GET

/api/v1/eras/

All historical eras — filter by era_type, colonial_power

GET

/api/v1/names/

Search historical names by language, type, year

GET

/api/v1/names/?name_type=indigenous

Pre-colonial indigenous names only

GET

/api/v1/divisions/?name=Stanleyville

Find modern division by historical name

GET

/health/

Health check → {"status": "ok"}